Ella’s POV
I resumed work the following day, knowing fully well that I couldn’t keep up with the sick ruse. Even if it worked with my bosses at the office, I knew that it definitely wouldn’t work with Lisa. She would insist I take drugs and I would refuse because I knew there was nothing wrong with me that was purely emotional.
“The only drug I need is you…”
I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about those words since Artemis spoke them to me. Had he really meant them? They had come out sounding so genuine yet, his actions hadn’t reflected the depth of emotions I had sensed in his voice. I eyed my form in the mirror. The drug he needed. Yet, at the first crack of dawn, he’d run as far as possible. I sighed.
When I turned away from the mirror, I noticed Lisa in the doorway. She was stari
